Fano tesemara (Amharic: ፋኖ ተሰማራ, 'O Guerrilla, rise to arms') is an Ethiopian song. It was one of the most popular protest songs of the Ethiopian Student Movement (ESM) during the late 1960s.[1][2] The song was inspired by the Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions, as manifested in its opening lines:[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Bahru Zewde. Documenting the Ethiopian Student Movement: An Exercise in Oral History. Addis Ababa: Forum for Social Studies, 2010. p. 13
- ^ Tadias. Part Two: Exclusive Interview With Ethiopian Legend Teshome Mitiku